This Day In Sox History...June 3``

[Lip Man 1]

June 3, 1925 - Sox star second baseman and future Hall of Famer Eddie Collins rapped out his 3,000^th career hit. It came in a 12-7 win at Detroit. He had three hits on the afternoon. That season playing in 118 games he’d hit .346! He’d finish his 25-year career with 3,315 hits, 2,094 of them with the White Sox.

 

June 3, 1963 - With the Sox in first place another freak injury occurred reminiscent of past bizarre circumstances that cost the team dearly.

Sox first baseman Joe Cunningham, who hit .295, with 70 RBI’s and 101 walks in 1962, broke his right collarbone in Los Angeles running out a ground ball in the fifth inning. Cunningham was trying to avoid stepping on Angel’s first baseman Charlie Dees’ foot, so he twisted and lost his balance, tripping over the bag and crashing down on the ground. It was a wild throw from second baseman Billy Moran that started the sequence. He didn’t return until September.

Tommy McCraw was called up to replace him but just couldn’t fill the bill.

The Sox decline set in quickly after that, even though the club finished the season in second place at 94-68, 10 and a half games behind the Yankees.  

 

June 3, 2023 – It was truly a most bizarre game.

The Sox beat the Tigers 2-1 at Guaranteed Rate Field with every run in the game scoring on wild pitches! That had never happened before since the live ball (1920) was introduced to the game.

The Sox winning run scored in the last of the 10^th when Detroit pitcher Jose Cisnero’s 97 MPH fast ball struck home plate umpire Cory Blaser in the face mask, knocking him down and bounding away from home plate. Yoan Moncada scored on the play.

Edited June 4, 2023 by Lip Man 1